If you’re looking for something that can do a little bit of anything you’d want to do on the road (except run through 11 gears), Handsome Cycles’ new Fredward fits the bill.
The Fredward is designed to work equally well as a single speed CX bike, 3 speed internal, road single / fixed, 2 speed kick back or a well equipped commuter bike like shown here. Frame is 4130 double butted Chromoly and has all the mounts and cable guides you’d need to run any configuration, but still looks pretty clean if you’re just trying to get your fix.
Pics and complete specs below…
Complete frame specs:
- Removable Canti Studs
- Coaster Brake Tab
- Housing Guides on Downtube and Chainstay
- 4130 Double Butted Cromo Frame and Fork
- 700c Wheels with up to 40 clearance without fenders
- 120mm Rear Axle Spacing
- Fender Mounts
- Rear Rack Mounts
- Comes with Handsome Seat Collar
- Decal Free with Extensive Decal Sheet Included
- Colorway: Redrum
It’s available as a frame only for $429.99 ($449.99 in Canada) and comes in 52, 55 and 58 cm sizes.
If you were looking to build it up as shown here, Jesse from Handsome gave us the spec and pricing:
- Sturmey Archer 2 Speed Kick Back Rear Hub, sealed bearing front hub
- Double wall rims
- 700 x 35 Panaracer Pasela TG gumwall tires
- WTB Pure V saddle
- Origin8 Sealed Bearing headset
- Handsome Cycles alloy black hammered fenders
- Sunlite front black medium basket
- BlackOps Nylo-Pro platform pedals with removable steel pins
- Retail of $1,099.95
But it’s the ‘cross bikes that get all the love:
